shoot... you need to check for shorts. ohm out the motor and the diverter. we had a major issue with water leaking on the diverted and causing the wax motor to short. the new ones come with a plastic cover. you can order the diverter by itself, or it comes with a new drain hose assembly.

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Tronicsmasta wrote:shoot... you need to check for shorts. ohm out the motor and the diverter. we had a major issue with water leaking on the diverted and causing the wax motor to short. the new ones come with a plastic cover. you can order the diverter by itself, or it comes with a new drain hose assembly.

Thanks boss~! I just checked the board and there is a 2 amp and a 4 amp onboard ceramic? fuse. Both are bopped, there is also a diode blown (cracked) next to the 2 amp fuse.

I have "since" read another forum's suggestion to add a 2amp inline fuse to the motor lol.......

Too little too late for our mainboard.

Now, there is a few components on the mainboard that "could" be replaced, the 2 x fuses, the diode, and one small chip with 3 legs which is on the other side of the board. I guess it is not worth it because other stuff may well be fried from ESD too :'(

indeed... serious about the shorts... i think if i remember right there are 2 orange wires to the diverter from the board... ohm those with a meter... also ohm out the pump..

yea ya fried it...

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oh and ohm out the motor windings too.. you should get 16 or 33 ohms on each of the 3 windings... ie blue to yellow, blue to red, red to yellow... not sure if those are the colors... sometimes on the F&P they are all brown or something weird..

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has the out of balance switch ever been replaced as that would be another addition and in a couple of years some new valves as well

Thanks for that Havent seen too many new "known brand's" around here for under the $800 mark even on the big sale days.

The OOB switch was done by the previous owner about 2 years ago, it looks and tests fine too.

Is it possible to pick up a secondhand board??

We do also have the 609 that I bought new 10 years ago but it is only 6.5kg.
F&P said it has the same board..... and I looked at it and it is the same casing and almost identical part number So, I was thinking about buying a brand new pump and then changing the boards and then get a (secondhand) board to put back into the 609 to flog it off.

yes the board is the same you just need to set the size so a change of pump and swap board

you will be lucky to find a 2nd hand board so just swap board and pump over and good to go

To set the size switch turn the power on at the power point and off at the console. Press and hold the
TEMPERATURE UP button then press the POWER button. Smartdrive will give 4 short beeps and the
pattern of LEDs will change.
• Press TEMPERATURE UP button, the COLD LED is on for 5-5.5kg (560mm wide).
• Press WATER LEVEL UP button, the LOW WATER LED is on for 6-6.5kg (600mm wide).
• Press SPIN SPEED UP button, the SPIN HOLD LED is on for 7-7.5kg (650mm wide).
• Press POWER to exit this mode.

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